Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Born: 5th November 1940, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Died: 21st July 2010, London
Nationality: British
Anthony Rolfe Johnson was born in Tackley in 1940 and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. On graduation he sang in the chorus at Glyndebourne until 1976, making his solo debut as Tolloller in Iolanthe for the English Opera Group. Particularly renowned as an oratorio singer, he is an acclaimed Evangelist and interpreter of the tenor roles in The Seasons and The Creation as well as being in demand as a lieder-singer: he was a founder-member of Graham Johnson's Songmaker's Almanac in 1976, and has an extensive discography of both German and English song. His operatic roles include most of Britten's protagonists (including an acclaimed Peter Grimes, available on EMI), Florestan, Monteverdi's Ulisse and the title-roles in Idomeneo, La Clemenza di Tito and Oedipus Rex.
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bär (bass) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Special offer. Britten - St Nicolas & St Cecilia
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & Harry Briggs (treble) Corydon Singers, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Windsor & English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Lucia Popp (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) & René Pape (bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
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Special offer. Elgar: Coronation Ode & The Spirit of England
Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins (contralto), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass) Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
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